Melissa Freeman joins ATF Medical as Senior Rehab Consultant

WOODBRIDGE, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ATF Medical, which provides comprehensive medical equipment and adaptive housing solutions to the workers’ compensation industry, has hired Melissa Freeman, ATP, CEAS as senior rehabilitation consultant.

With 30 years of experience in assistive technology, vocational rehabilitation, and seating and mobility services, Freeman analyzes durable medical equipment recommendations for injured workers, provides comprehensive explanations for ATF Medical’s solutions, and trains staff and clients.

Most recently she worked for Georgia Vocational Rehabilitation in Rome, Georgia, where she served as assistive work technology team lead. In addition to managing referrals and supervising assistive technology professionals, she conducted disability awareness training and consulted on job modification and accommodation cases. Freeman previously served as manager-seating and mobility specialist for Northwest Regional Hospital, also in Rome.

“Melissa’s expertise in providing comprehensive clinical rationales for specific outcomes-oriented recommendations, especially important for complex files with numerous moving pieces, strengthens our clinically based services,” said ATF Medical’s Executive Director of Rehab Technology Erin Zablocki. “She also has a great deal of experience incorporating ergonomics and mobility services to help seriously injured employees return to work.”

Freeman holds several professional certifications, including RESNA Certified Assistive Technology Professional and Certified Ergonomics Specialist.

About ATF Medical

Headquartered in Woodbridge, Virginia, ATF Medical provides outcomes-driven and comprehensive medical equipment, supply, and adaptive housing solutions for complex workers’ compensation claims throughout the United States. The company’s assistive technology, mobility and adaptive housing experts assess the injured employee and their home and recommend and provide clinically sound solutions. Specializing in catastrophic cases, ATF Medical supplies all the DME, educates the injured employee, oversees home modifications, and stays involved for the life of the claim, maintaining and servicing equipment and monitoring the injured employee’s progress. ATF Medical’s clients include workers’ compensation insurance carriers, ancillary service providers, employers, and other payers. For more information, visit www.atfmedical.com or call 877-880-4283.

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